A child's innocent Play-Doh sculpture of a 'dolphin on wheels' has gone viral online - sparking thousands of comments and shares on social media.

Erika Salazar-Cianciolo posted a video of her four-year-old daughter's modelling clay creation to her Facebook page on Boxing Day, adding: "Allie made a dolphin on wheels out of Play-Doh. This had me dying."

It's fair to say most of the people who have watched the footage think it bears a striking resemblance to something else entirely - male genitalia.

The video has racked up more than 2.7million views, 22,000 likes and 34,000 shares on Facebook and is also the talk of Twitter.

But it was removed from YouTube "because its content violated YouTube's Terms of Service".

Doh! The 'dolphin on wheels' creation has sparked a flurry of reactions online

Erika, thought to be from Florida, in the US, later added on Facebook: "It looks like everything BUT a dolphin! I took a pic of it that shows it in more detail, but I feel it may get reported hahaha.

"I posted this because her innocence is hilarious. She asked me to take a pic of her with it so I got a video while I was at it."

After the video went viral , Erika, from Florida, said her inbox was "flooded with more messages than I knew Facebook could hold".

But after taking some abuse from internet trolls, she added: "We don't deserve the terrible things being said about us.

"I have never in my life met kids who are as loved and well taken care of as my children. And I feel really blessed to be able to say that so please stop it with the negativity."